Gumdrop Bread Recipe

Gumdrop Bread Recipe

Colorful gumdrops make these fun miniature loaves just perfect for holiday gift-giving. "I usually bake this moist bread at Christmas, but it's also requested at Easter," notes Linda Samaan of Fort Wayne Indiana.

Ingredients

3 cups biscuit/baking mix

2/3 cup sugar

1 egg

1-1/4 cups milk

1-1/2 cups chopped nuts

1 cup chopped gumdrops

Directions

In a bowl, combine biscuit mix and sugar. In another bowl, beat the egg and milk; add to dry ingredients and stir well. Add nuts and gumdrops; stir just until mixed. Pour into three greased 5-3/4-in. x 3-in. x 2-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.Yield: 3 mini loaves.

Originally published as Gumdrop Bread in Quick Cooking
November/December 1998, p47

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In a bowl, combine biscuit mix and sugar. In another bowl, beat the egg and milk; add to dry ingredients and stir well. Add nuts and gumdrops; stir just until mixed. Pour into three greased 5-3/4-in. x 3-in. x 2-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.Yield: 3 mini loaves.

Originally published as Gumdrop Bread in Quick Cooking
November/December 1998, p47